i have been a competitive swimmer for most of my life, untill i began college and other things took top priority. now i am returning to swimming for fitness and am finding myslef extremely frustrated at how out of shape i am. what is an effective workout method to get myself back to the 5000 yard workouts i used to breeze through. additionally what sort of goals are realistic for key landmarks such as 1 week, 1 month, 2 months? im sure many others have gone through this - perhaps some wouldnt mind sharing their experiences.
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I understand what you all are talking about. I'm one of those that waited for almost 30 years to get back in the sport. The first year I swam my 100 meter long course breastroke at 1:53.10. I use to swim it at 1:30 as a teen. And the short course was 1:34.58. During my late teens I range from 1:16.8 to 1:21 in 100 yard breastroke. Each person is different. I heard of some master women swimmers starting in their 40's and 50's and now in their early 60's that can beat me in the other three strokes. Your body changes with age and if you weight a lot more as adult that is one factor for being slower. Because of the holiday yesterday and because I'm off of work, I did two 1 hr workouts for a combine total around 5,100 yards, and I'm a little tired and sore but I rarely swim that much yardage in a day.
I understand what you all are talking about. I'm one of those that waited for almost 30 years to get back in the sport. The first year I swam my 100 meter long course breastroke at 1:53.10. I use to swim it at 1:30 as a teen. And the short course was 1:34.58. During my late teens I range from 1:16.8 to 1:21 in 100 yard breastroke. Each person is different. I heard of some master women swimmers starting in their 40's and 50's and now in their early 60's that can beat me in the other three strokes. Your body changes with age and if you weight a lot more as adult that is one factor for being slower. Because of the holiday yesterday and because I'm off of work, I did two 1 hr workouts for a combine total around 5,100 yards, and I'm a little tired and sore but I rarely swim that much yardage in a day.
